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DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen market

Green Car Congress

Daimler, Ford, and Nissan joined forces to develop a common fuel cell system and launch commercial FCEVs as early as 2017. In the stationary market, Bloom Energy announced that it was doubling the number of Bloom Energy Server installations and company revenue every six months. For example, San Diego has installed 2.4

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Elon Musk’s SolarCity trial day 1: Arguments, quotes, and testy exchanges

Teslarati

Musk highlighted this point on Monday, as he testified in a Delaware courtroom as part of a lawsuit filed by Tesla shareholders, who alleged that both the CEO and the company’s board breached fiduciary duties when they decided to acquire SolarCity.

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EV Charging Basics for Property Developers

EV Connect

For new property developments, pre-installing EV infrastructure is more cost-efficient and provides an opportunity to offer better amenities and, therefore, to stand out in the highly competitive real estate market. Level 2 charging stations are the most commonly installed charger type in commercial and residential spaces.

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

Charged EVs

A charging hub for heavy-duty vehicles requires a tremendous amount of power, and local utilities can take years to install new electrical service. Fast-forward to 2017. I watched the BMW i3s at Delaware University [an early V2X pilot], and my mind was blown. Smith Electric didn’t succeed. His name is Tom Gage.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

“I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. “We have 10,000 engineers out there every day, installing and servicing boilers,&# he added.

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